26th South Carolina Infantry

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Muster In: Organized by the consolidation of the 6th and 9th South Carolina Infantry Battalions on September 9, 1862.1Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Boddie, William W; A History of Williamsburg: Something about the People of Williamsburg County, South Carolina from the First Settlement by Europeans About 1705 until 1923; Columbia, SC; State Company, 1923; accessed via www.ancestry.com on 25 Jun 2014. This is likely a postwar image of Major Land. Information courtesy of 26th South Carolina researcher Barry Truluck. ↩

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 353 (Hugh M. Lofton, 26th South Carolina, Fold3.com Page 82): Invoice of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores turned over…: Lofton, commanding Company C of the 26th South Carolina, turned over 34 Austrian rifles and bayonets to the quartermaster for transportation on March 17, 1864. For now, I am assuming the entire regiment had Austrian Rifles and that they still had these weapons in June 1864. This is a stretch, but I’m going with it until I find information confirming or refuting this assumption. Hat tip to Bill Callaway, who maintains the 26th Souh Carolina Infantry Page. and who pointed me to Captain Lofton’s CSRs and the information contained within. ↩

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1174: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General R. E. Lee, January 31, 1865”; This list contains many commanders who were not there. They were the “official” commanders but may have been gone on leave. I have used none of the leaders from this list as a result. ↩

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1183: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1273: “Organization of the Infantry and Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, February 28, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from February 28, 1865. However, leaders listed are from January. I’ve chosen to ignore the leaders and just use this source for the organization of the order of battle. ↩

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1183: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩